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Conjugation of the French verb sortir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb sortir, along with their English translations.

sortir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
sortir	to exit

Present		Scored
je sors	I exit
tu sors	you exit
il sort	he exits
elle sort	she exits
nous sortons	we exit
vous sortez	you exit
ils sortent	they exit
elles sortent	they exit

Imperfect		Scored
je sortais	I was exiting
tu sortais	you were exiting
il sortait	he was exiting
elle sortait	she was exiting
nous sortions	we were exiting
vous sortiez	you were exiting
ils sortaient	they were exiting
elles sortaient	they were exiting

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je sortis	I exited
tu sortis	you exited
il sortit	he exited
elle sortit	she exited
nous sortîmes	we exited
vous sortîtes	you exited
ils sortirent	they exited
elles sortirent	they exited

Passé Composé		Scored
je suis sorti	I have exited
tu es sorti	you have exited
il est sorti	he has exited
elle est sortie	she has exited
nous sommes sortis	we have exited
vous êtes sorti	you have exited
ils sont sortis	they have exited
elles sont sorties	they have exited

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'étais sorti	I had exited
tu étais sorti	you had exited
il était sorti	he had exited
elle était sortie	she had exited
nous étions sortis	we had exited
vous étiez sorti	you had exited
ils étaient sortis	they had exited
elles étaient sorties	they had exited

Future		Scored
je sortirai	I will exit
tu sortiras	you will exit
il sortira	he will exit
elle sortira	she will exit
nous sortirons	we will exit
vous sortirez	you will exit
ils sortiront	they will exit
elles sortiront	they will exit

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
je serai sorti	I will have exited
tu seras sorti	you will have exited
il sera sorti	he will have exited
elle sera sortie	she will have exited
nous serons sortis	we will have exited
vous serez sorti	you will have exited
ils seront sortis	they will have exited
elles seront sorties	they will have exited

Conditional		Scored
je sortirais	I would exit
tu sortirais	you would exit
il sortirait	he would exit
elle sortirait	she would exit
nous sortirions	we would exit
vous sortiriez	you would exit
ils sortiraient	they would exit
elles sortiraient	they would exit

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
je serais sorti	I would have exited
tu serais sorti	you would have exited
il serait sorti	he would have exited
elle serait sortie	she would have exited
nous serions sortis	we would have exited
vous seriez sorti	you would have exited
ils seraient sortis	they would have exited
elles seraient sorties	they would have exited

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je sorte	(... that) I exit
(... que) tu sortes	(... that) you exit
(... que) il sorte	(... that) he exits
(... que) elle sorte	(... that) she exits
(... que) nous sortions	(... that) we exit
(... que) vous sortiez	(... that) you exit
(... que) ils sortent	(... that) they exit
(... que) elles sortent	(... that) they exit

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je sortisse	(... that) I was exiting
(... que) tu sortisses	(... that) you were exiting
(... que) il sortît	(... that) he was exiting
(... que) elle sortît	(... that) she was exiting
(... que) nous sortissions	(... that) we were exiting
(... que) vous sortissiez	(... that) you were exiting
(... que) ils sortissent	(... that) they were exiting
(... que) elles sortissent	(... that) they were exiting

Imperative		Scored
sors	Exit
sortons	Let's exit
sortez	Exit

Present Participle		Scored
sortant	exiting

Past Participle		Scored
sorti	exited

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